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The Dipylon oinocho...
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- This article asks what the graffito incised on the Dipylon oinochoe (IG I-2 919, eighth century B.C.E.) reveals about the nature of the dance competition that it commemorates. Through a systematic analysis of the evaluative and descriptive meaning of the alpha tau alpha lambda omicron zeta and its cognates in early Greek epic, it is argued that a narrower definition compared to previous suggestions can be established. The word refers to the carefreeness that is specific to a child or young animal, and its uses typically imply a positive evaluation which is connected not only to the well-being that this carefreeness entails but also to the positive emotion of tenderness and the sentiment of care that it engenders in a perceiver. It is concluded that, when used to specify the criterion by which a dance contest will be adjudicated, the term refers to an aesthetic property that is repeatedly praised in archaic Greek texts in other words: that of dancing with the adorable but short-lived carefree abandon of a child.
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- HUMANIORA -- Konst -- Scenkonst (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Arts -- Performing Arts (hsv//eng)
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- dance
- aesthetics
- 'thick' concepts
- epigraphy
- the Dipylon oinochoe
- carefreeness
- tenderness
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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